Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 897 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-287
Not before (date)
-303
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDCorinth
279, p. 42 (citing Price Class A, Group VII, 82, dated ca. 303-287)
Preservation comment
Wear: aVF. One chip to gouge and crack at obverse axis 8; very slight pitting. Speckled incipient pale blue bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 18, no. 127 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Chalkous
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.97
Obverse Description
Pegasos flying to left
Obverse Inscription
below, Ϙ
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident head
Reverse Inscription
To left, uncertain figure; to right, wreath
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 897 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0897>